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December 28, 2025
Garth Minott | Christmas: A time to celebrate the body
Christmas is a time for celebration. This is done through food, drink, music, dance, family gatherings, parties, church, social gatherings, occasions for frolicking, and, just simply having fun. Not…
December 28, 2025
by Livingston Scott
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Montego Bay United will attempt to halt their deteriorating form in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) when they face Caribbean champions, Mount Pleasant, in the feature game at Jarrett Park, starting…
December 28, 2025
Editorial | Widen discussions on US-Jamaica relations
It is noted that the Jamaican and US governments have provided only scanty details of the December 11 talks in Kingston between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and senior officials of the US Department…
December 28, 2025
Richard Amenyah | The end of an era, but the fight against HIV is not over
The HIV response in the Caribbean stands at a critical crossroad. Global funding is contracting, foreign aid cuts are accelerating, and a UN reform report has even proposed folding the Joint Programme…
December 28, 2025
Red flags
Clerk to the Houses of Parliament (HoP) Colleen Lowe instructed staff to proceed with two multimillion-dollar projects despite internal concerns about procurement compliance, according to…
December 28, 2025
Orville Taylor | What a year!
No Jamaican child born in 2025 or 2026 should be named Melissa. Never mind that the name means ‘honey bee’ or the bearer of honey. She is the story of the year. Wreaking havoc, more than 40 persons…
December 28, 2025
Garth Rattray | New Year, ageing bodies
The advent of every new year reminds us that we are ageing. According to WHO 2020 data, the life expectancy of Jamaican males is around 74.4 years (the worldwide life expectancy for males is 70 to 71…
December 28, 2025
Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025
Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of US trade policy - building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His…
December 28, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Of St John’s Anglican Church and Allison Morris Part IV – Picking up the pieces
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa left Jamaica before nightfall, leaving people in the path on which she swirled violently in utter disbelief over the great extent of the destruction she had created. In…